Agenda

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To receive any items of business which in the opinion of the Mayor are urgent. 

1)    To receive an address from the Leader of the Council. Councillor Alistair Beales, following the resolution passed in Council on 21 March 2024, that under s249 of the Local Government Act 1972, the Council places on record its deep appreciation of the eminent services rendered by the following former Councillors:

·       Kathleen Collins (previously Mellish)

·       David Collis

·       Michael Peake

·       Geoffrey Hipperson

·       Andrew Tyler

and that in recognition of such service, the Council confers on them the title of Honorary Alderman.

2)    To present the Engrossment of the Resolution and Badge of Office to the new Honorary Aldermen and to receive responses as appropriate.

1)             To receive an address from the Leader of the Council, Councillor Alistair Beales, following the resolution passed in Council on 17 June 2024, to consider passing the under-mentioned resolution under s249 of the Local Government Act 1972:

“We the Mayor, Councillors and people of the Borough of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk recognise Amelia Jill Bennett as a Freeman for her outstanding and valuable service to the cultural life of the Borough.”

“We hereby confer upon Ms Jill Bennett the Honorary Freedom of our Borough.”

2)             To present the Engrossment of the Resolution and Badge of Office of Honorary Alderman to Ms Jill Bennett and to receive a response as appropriate.